IT looks like the West, led by the US, is at its wits’ end in its concerted attempt to bring Zimbabwe back under its control.

Two decades of sanctions and sponsored hooliganism have so far left the ZANU PF Government unscathed.

MDC Alliance leader Nelson Chamisa seems to be the last card the West is hanging on to. 

And the Dutch courage shown by the opposition leader seems to be a direct result of his realisation that he is a valued tool of the ‘all powerful’ West.

That is why he is probably thinking it is possible to rotate the presidency with him being a key element in the matrix.

Added confidence is derived from events in Venezuela, where it appears his counterpart, self -appointed US puppet Juan Guaido, is likely to be helped by US military to overthrow legitimate President Nicolas Maduro. 

But Venezuela and Zimbabwe are very different.

Zimbabwe, like other countries in Southern Africa, got its independence after a bloody armed struggle.

It was a risky but inevitable strategy by nationalists in the respective Southern African countries.

Otherwise there was no other way the colonialists would willingly let go their hold of the rich ‘Persian Gulf of minerals’.

The war message resonated well with the wishes of the people, especially those in rural areas where the war was a dog-eat-dog affair. 

That the reclamation of national pride and sovereignty were shared objectives was self-evident. 

This was demonstrated by the support the freedom fighters got from the masses, despite the danger caused by white colonialists with superior weaponry.

The war was not driven by a mere selfish desire to be in Government just for one or two years.

It was meant to guarantee that our resources would not continue to be exploited by our erstwhile colonisers. 

It is for this reason that Chamisa’s college student approach to national issues won’t work.

Using drunk hooligans devoid of any direction, hoping to see the country becomes ungovernable is alien and will not succeed.

This is especially so that the whole objective is to surrender our sovereignty and resources to colonialists we have vanquished on the battle front.

Success in dislogding ZANU PF would be taken as an example to other former liberation movements that non-compliance with the wishes of the West will be catastrophic.

Thus the US would rub its hands with glee at the prospect of using Zimbabwe as an example to other liberation movements that tampering with interests of the West is suicidal.

On the other hand, African organisations, be it the AU or SADC have always been solidly behind the liberation movements. 

Thus, if the West fails with its last card, as is likely to happen, their next option might be to use military might in Zimbabwe as they are contemplating to do in Venezuela.  

If the West is foolish enough to do so, the inevitable bloodbath that follows will devour not only their kith and kin in Zimbabwe but in the whole region.

Quislings in the same corner with these imperialists will not be spared either for the spirit that united the liberation movements with the masses will be invoked. 

What is worth noting, however, is that Zimbabwe and Venezuela are very different.